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Manger

Vine's Expository Dictionary of NT Words

1: φάτνη

(Strong's #5336 — Noun Feminine — phatne — fat'-nay )

"a manger," Luke 2:7,12,16 , also denotes "a stall," 13:15. So in the Sept., the word denoted not only a "manger" but, by metonymy, the stall or crib (Proverbs 14:4 ) containing the "manger."

Bibliography Information
Vines, W. E., M. A. Entry for 'Manger'. Vine's Expository Dictionary of NT Words. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​ved/​m/manger.html. 1940.